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Joker 9

JOKER #9

Cover Date: September-October 1976
Cover Price: $.30

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Cover Credits:
Art: Ernie Chan (signed)


Story: "The Cat and the Clown!" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryElliot S. Maggin
PencilsIrv Novick
InksFrank McLaughlin
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Joker (also posing as Benny Springer and Batman; next in Brave and the Bold #129)

Villain(s):

Catwoman (last in Batman #266; next in Batman Family #8)
Mouth Madigan (a henchman of Catwoman's; dies)
Spots (Catwoman's leopard)
Two-Face (last in Justice League of America #126; next in Brave and the Bold #129)
Joker's gang
Southpaw

Other Character(s):

Benny Springer (a movie star making a comeback; also poses as the Joker; first appearance)
Hiawatha (his cat; first appearance)
various movie studio personnel
two studio guards (both die)
Nichols (a studio guard)

Location(s):

Gotham City:
Arkham Asylum
Catwoman's lair (a warehouse basement on the corner of Broome and Greene Streets)
Ha-Hacienda

Comment(s):

This is the last issue of the Joker series, although issue #10 had been planned to involve the Joker versus the Justice League of America.

Story Reprinted in:

The Joker: The Clown Prince of Crime (2013)

Solicitation:

The Joker tries to steal an actor's priceless cat, but Catwoman beats him to it, which begins a three-way conflict.


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